Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 92 No. 2, 2022.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.53745/bs.92.2.6
Understanding of the Fundamental Concepts of Development of Religious Tourism – an Example of the City of Križevci
Romana Lekić
; Edward Bernays University College, Zagreb, Croatia
Krešimir Dabo
orcid.org/0000-0001-9260-7384
; Edward Bernays University College, Zagreb, Croatia
Juraj Šalić
; Edward Bernays University College, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Religious tourism has a long and rich history in the world as well as in Croatia. The main motives of traditional believers for making such journeys are visiting holy places and participating in religious events, prayers, and liturgy. This article describes the significance of religious tourism as a specific form of tourism, while taking into account its development, as well as similarities and differences with faith and spiritual tourism. It takes also into account pilgrimage as the key element of religious tourism. Possibilities of further development of this kind of tourism in Croatia are extensive, while a comparison with the Sanctuary of Majka Božja Trsatska points out an opportunity to create new touristic products based on sacral characteristics of the city of Križevci. With a good skill of storytelling, focused on the story of St. Marko Križevčanin, Križevci have a potential to become a well-known international touristic destination of religious tourism. This article, therefore, opens up the space for future study of possibilities of further development of religious tourism in Croatia, raises the question of necessary and clearer definition of such a kind of tourism, and emphasises the necessity to study the needs of religious tourists so that the market could respond to those needs.
Keywords
religious tourism; pilgrimage; Križevci; religious destination
Hrčak ID:
289236
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Publication date:
27.12.2022.
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